Alden Valley Ridge Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center
Alden Valley Ridge is a long-term care center part of the Alden Network. Although residents generally come to stay, there are some short-term, post-operative residents as well. Alden Valley Ridge has three floors. The first floor is more independent living, the second floor is skilled nursing, and the third floor is the dementia/ Alzheimer's unit. At this facility, the dietary department is run by a Registered Dietitian, whom also acts as the Food Service Manager.
Long-Term Care
My responsibilities as a dietetic intern in long-term care:
- Attended daily directors meetings to discuss residents as well as technical issues.
- Participated in monthly weight meetings in order to develop interventions for residents with significant weight changes.
- Conducted nutritional assessments of residents on admission, quarterly, annually, and as needed.
- Completed MDS (Minimal Data Set) documentation for Medicare billing.
- Provided nutritional recommendations to the Assistant Director of Nursing.
- Discussed residents' nutritional statuses with family members in individual Care Plan meetings.
- Trained two newly hired Registered Dietitians in the electronic medical record system, Point Click Care (PCC), over two days.
Food Management
My responsibilities as a dietetic intern in food management:
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